A quick question….do the names Hed Kandi, Louie Vega, Bob Sinclar, Soul Heaven mean anything to you?
Sean can comfortably put a tick next to each one of those not to mention a whole host of others. In today’s House Music world there is an abundance of artists professing to know house music, but upon closer inspection you can see that their background and experience really only started when artists were using cd players and downloading top tens from online music stores.
You might ask well why does it matter? Well the clubbing world is very quickly moving to a space where it truly becomes difficult to define yourself and stand out. This is all down to a massive lack of experience in the artists.
Well with Sean this is what you get.
Sean’s introduction to House music began much the same as others from regular outings as a clubber in his 20′s. What made the experience different for Sean was the interest he took in the music. With a background in bass playing, which seemed to be the foundations of any good house track in 2004, he became hooked. Sean set up some decks in his bedroom, much the same as others and took to trying to master the art of mixing on vinyl.
Sean comments on his ‘upbringing in house’
“I was very fortunate to live in a city which always had a weekly roster of visiting International Artists. I remember in one month having Eric Morillo and Roger Sanchez both coming into town. Not only that but as I was a member of staff with the club I got to see and speak to them all up close, that kind of interaction is hard to come by. Not only that you learn a hell of a lot when you have that level of talent playing in a club, it soon gets you to raise your game. After that I dedicated my weekends to traveling around the country to watch these people.
One group of people who were core to my introduction were the folks of the Paul Farris Forum. Paul was a figurehead in the house community then and was able to bring a community of people together through his forum. We all used to group together at the weekends and go to certain events, which quite often meant following Paul around. Paul gave me my first real break, he put me on at the baby box in Ministry of Sound London at one of his Forum Party’s. Anyone who is able to boast playing at Ministry of Sound gets taken into another world of competence.”
From there Sean went on to build the strength of his background through repeated gigs and interest from many other countries. Check out Sean’s accomplishments to date, a huge repertoire of countries and clubs.
Most recently Sean has headlined such events/clubs as Hed Kandi NYE (Sydney, Australia), Double Seven (NYC), Huu (BALI) and Hard Rock Pool Party (Singapore), amongst many other appearances world-wide and continues to do so as we move further into 2013....
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